CHAPTER XIII
Quest still stared at Zack, his hateful and angry eyes that made Zach shake his head helplessly, along with his shoulders twitching from the pain. Zach couldn't help but pout, vampires don't like 'clingy' guys, not to mention that the other party is not the type that Zack likes.
Zach put down his glass and pulled his right hand in Quest's terrified eyes for a moment, and with a click, the twisted joint was snapped back into place. The first time, perhaps because it was sudden enough, the love did not change, but this time it was prepared, and Quest let out the same painful cry as a little girl.
But fortunately, the pain is finally subsiding, instead of the vague pain that seemed to leak from the inside of the bone marrow. Quest's cheeks, which twitched slightly, were also restored to normal.
"Mr. Quest. Zach gave a half-stuck salute to show that he didn't really have respect for the person in front of him, "I don't want to ask again, it's been delaying long enough." ”
Quest gave Zach a hateful look, pulled a check from his clothes, and threw it on his desk. Zach picked up the check and looked at the number with disgust, wondering if there was a zero missing. Well, Zach was spoiled by Quinn, Barton, Herman.
But Grande didn't really do anything anyway, and pointed Quest in the wrong direction, I don't know when this guy will find out.
The colleagues who had gone out to investigate soon returned, because Grande's layout was so large that it would not take much time to walk through it, and of course more importantly, Barton's granddaughter stood in the corridor on the second floor, and the backyard and Benjamin's warehouse were all visible at a glance. And when he wanted to move on and look at what seemed to be a newly renovated warehouse, the man saw his 'senior'.
"What are you looking for!" said old Hank, with his usual straight face, a carpenter's planer in his hand, glaring at the man who had just walked out of Benjamin's warehouse.
The man smiled and gestured, "I'm looking for a guy named Daniel." ”
"I've never seen it!" said old Hank, turning to continue chipping the planks on the workbench, thin sawdust rolling up and breaking on the planer. It's half a lie, after all, surrounded by hordes of Cerberus, the old man is not sure what that colorful neon-like thing is, and it is understandable.
The man nodded and retreated to the Grande House.
When he returned to the office, he didn't pay attention to Quest's surprised look, wondering how it could be so fast, of course. The man whispered something in Quest's ear, and Zach heard it clearly, but didn't show any expression.
Quest looked at Zach with resentment, his chest heaving and his skin above his neck flushed with blood. Zach poured himself another glass of 'wine', moving casually, as if he didn't care. Quest's chest rises and falls more violently, and the blood vessels under the skin are more pronounced. It's a vicious circle.
"You should go. Zach looked at the liquid in the glass, "This is the end of our deal. The light green eyes lifted up to Quest.
Questho stood up, his right hand still a little unnaturally retracted, and he turned to walk out of the office without saying a word.
The man, who had never been named, smiled at Zack after Quest left the office and took out a business card and handed it out. Zach took it with a smile, and also took out a Grande business card from the drawer next to the desk, and handed it out, this is Grande's old business card, and it is still the old phone that can directly find Zack.
The man glanced at the business card and put it away, "In order not to trouble in the future, can I ask a question?"
"I won't be able to ask for advice. Zach listened to the whistle outside the Grande House, obviously Quest was urging, but the two people still inside didn't care about the gold owner, "If you have any questions, just ask." ”
The man smiled, "Daniel is really ......" The man didn't finish, because the information that was known now was zero, and Daniel could not be defined. The reason why Quest is so persistently chasing Grande is only because this is the only piece of information. Sadly, this Grande follows the principle of not explaining, not answering.
Zach raised an eyebrow, the smile on his face was ambiguous, he thought about it for a while, and decided to follow Quest's misunderstanding, and Grande deliberately split the commission to collect money.
Zach picked up the business card he had just received, [Nobel Repett's Office], "Mr. Rippert ......"
"No, just call me No. The colleague laughed and said that Quest was honking his horn in the car and that he could communicate without worry.
Zach stood up, the blood on his body surged to his outstretched right hand, held the other party's hand, and nodded with a smile, "No, you can call me Zack." Both ignored Quest's whistle and sat back down, and Zach continued, "No, have you seen Neil and Daphany?"
No, who is less than forty years old, is tall, but not as strong as Benjamin and James, and is about the same size as Zach, which is just the right type. There was a hint of gray on the sideburns of his dark, neatly combed hair, and judging by the strength of the handshake just now, his strength was not small. Zach can tell that this is a man who is very agile but not lacking in explosiveness.
Nod nodded, "That's why I admire it, Gran...... Zach, what can you ask in that situation. There was a hint of helplessness in No's eyes, and now that we knew who was the culprit who led Neil and Daphany to injure the servant, it was clear that the picture was not good.
Zach pursed his lips and smiled, raising an eyebrow at No, "When we went, Quest dispersed the servants, and we were the only ones facing the two of us in that poolside suite. Are you too?"
No, observing Zack's expression, also raised an eyebrow, smiled and shook his head, "No, there are also Mr. Quest and a few servants." ”
Let the lies under the words ferment by themselves. Zach deliberately made the other party think that Grande was not trying to ask anything at all, and he smiled apologetically, "Sorry, we gave Quest the wrong standard, and those two should not be let go." The police have already made such a judgment, and we are not prepared to verify it. ”
Nou nodded helplessly, he guessed that Daniel should also be a victim, just a name that Grande deliberately threw to divert attention. This method is often used in this industry, and the reasons are as follows.
No's eyes drifted away, thinking, and when he looked at Zach again, he said, "We did some investigation, and this Daniel also disappeared at that point in time, and you also started to look for this person after accepting the commission. He carefully controlled his tone so that Zach didn't feel that he was offended.
Zach nodded. It doesn't matter if Daniel's teenage friend said this, any judgment or misunderstanding is accumulated little by little.
It is not surprising that Grande will look for Daniel in advance to prepare for the next commission at the end of the phased commission, after all, collecting money is Grande's purpose. The point in time when Grande actually found Daniel is uncertain.
Enoch's speculation is that Grande found the missing Daniel before he could accept Quest's second commission, and determined that the commission could not be continued. On the second time he accepted the commission, according to Quest's description, Grande did show signs of refusal. But Quest, who had no clue in his hand, was convinced that Grande was hiding the clue, and the 'facts' proved that it was true.
Daniel, like Neil and Daphany, did not bring any information to Grande, who already knew that the commission had reached a dead end, so he wanted to get out and throw out a name whose identity could not be qualified, and let the employer solve it himself.
Quest couldn't force Detective James Lance, so he could only force Grande to accept a follow-up commission. But Grande already had a countermeasure, and when he arrived at Quest's manor, he acted in a play, threw out clues that he had reached a dead end, and walked away.
Zach was pleased with No's simple statement, which didn't make him feel disgusted that Grande's affairs were being questioned, "We thought there would be something to gain." Zach spread his hands, with a hint of helplessness on his face, "The harvest is still there." He picked up the check Quest had given him and shook it.
No, who had already swept that number, now he had to think about whether he should also find a way to get out, with the current progress and the reference on Grande's check, it would be nice to get a third of the final payment.
If Nou's concern was not money but the interests of his employer, he would not have done this business, but would have gone to work as a police officer. So please don't judge this middle-aged man's character by this.
Nod finally nodded to Zach and stood up, "The Grande House is already on the southern border of Barton City, and after wasting such a long time, Daniel should have left Barton City a long time ago." ”
"Hey. Zach laughed and sighed, "I guess so." It's a shame, convey my regrets to Mr. Quest. The two shook hands again and said goodbye.
Zach looked at Nou's back, and the [Noe Rippert & Associates] business card that he was going to throw away was put in a drawer.
Nou is a nice guy and doesn't ask any questions that would offend Grande, such as: what exactly did Grande find when he found Neil and Daphany, why did Grande let Daniel go, and how much does James Lance have to do with it......
These issues are all internal to Grande, and there is a conflict of interest between two peers who accept the same commission. But Nuo was very small and followed the context of the events he thought was correct, and avoided the topic that estranged the two families.
As for how Noble and Quest will end, it's not Zach's concern.
After Noye left, Zach looked at Daniel, who had been hovering in the office, "It's a mistake, Quest himself is here." Didn't fulfill what you said before, and let you dispose of the people who invaded Willy's house at will. ”
Daniel's face slowly reverted to Alice's 'Firefly' and 'Grande' mixture, which he himself had changed in control, "It's okay. He shook his head and smiled, he could understand the vampire's actions.
Vampires can't be rash about Quest himself, and the relationship between Grande and Barton West is very special, and you have to be careful to control the abilities you show. Distorting a person's will sounds much worse than curing an injury.